St Mark the Evangelist, Hadlow Down
St Mark the Evangelist, Hadlow Down
St Mark’s is a Grade II parish church on School Lane in Hadlow Down, East Sussex, in the Diocese of Chichester and the parish of Buxted and Hadlow Down.
- Location
- Hadlow Down, Sussex
- Country
- England
- County
- Sussex
- City / town
- Hadlow Down
- Address
- School Lane, Hadlow Down, Sussex, TN22 4HY
- Postcode
- TN22 4HY
- Built
- Nave and tower 1836; rebuilt and enlarged 1913
- Consecrated
- 6 May 1836
- Architect
- William Moseley (1836); G Fellowes Prynne (1913 rebuilding)
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Mark the Evangelist
- Diocese
- Chichester
- Parish
- Buxted and Hadlow Down
- Grade
- II
- Style
- Perpendicular Gothic Revival
- Materials
- Stone
- Grid reference
- TQ 529 241
- Opening hours
- We extend a warm welcome to anyone who wishes to visit. The church is open for visitors all day between 9.30am (approx) and dusk.
- Access
- Ramp or level access available on request. Level access to the main areas. Level access throughout. Accessible toilets in church
Overview
Historic England records a stone church with chancel, south chapel, nave and west tower forming a porch on the ground floor, with a broached shingled spire above. The nave and tower were built in 1836 by William Moseley; the chancel was added in 1913 by G. Fellowes Prynne, in fourteenth-century Gothic. Wikipedia records that the church was founded in 1834 by Benjamin Hall, consecrated on 6 May 1836, and listed at Grade II on 31 December 1982.
Fellowes Prynne’s 1913 rebuilding, paid for by Charles Lang Huggins of Hadlow Grange, retained much of Moseley’s tower and parts of the nave walls while adding a new chancel, sanctuary, lady chapel and vestries. The lady chapel has a polished marble altar and an altar-piece, the Magnificat, painted by E. A. Fellowes Prynne, the architect’s brother. The church is open for visitors from about 9.30am until dusk.